Explore the pitfalls of feature overload with Maarten, as we discuss why less is often more in product development. Learn the value of simplicity in software and how to avoid the common trap of adding too many features. Connect with Maarten Dalmijn: https://linkedin.com/in/maarten-dalmijn https://www.dalmyn.com https://mdalmijn.com Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/suHq92IRqao Beyond Coding Podcast with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Powered by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - Maarten writing a movie script 00:02:41 - Maarten's journey in tech 00:05:19 - The value of staying with domains 00:07:28 - Learning about domains 00:09:16 - Perfect requirements don't exist 00:10:51 - Frankenstein products 00:12:11 - Removing features 00:14:27 - We hate losing stuff 00:16:04 - Simple software is hard 00:18:35 - Rapid A/B testing 00:19:48 - Throwing away code 00:21:01 - Humans are complex 00:22:16 - No one found out when we removed this 00:24:06 - Facilitating conversations 00:26:36 - Do cheap small experiments 00:29:50 - There is no perfect information 00:31:33 - Disagreements and losing someone 00:33:27 - Building trust and changing directions 00:36:33 - Make big decisions fast and early 00:39:49 - Developers like shiny new things 00:42:11 - Feature-complete and clean up 00:44:34 - The best code, is no code 00:46:25 - Cleaning up is part of the job 00:47:47 - The dark side of refactoring 00:50:22 - Final thoughts